Wow, this is only slightly more exciting than watching our new paint dry…

Well, this week is about the worst week of the year. A sort of anti-Christmas that I dread for weeks and months on end. It is…Dance Recital Week…

A little background. My wife has been dancing since she was about two, so it’s been more or less…a long time. She’s been teaching dance for about ten fewer years. She’s never gotten around to quitting, more because the teacher needs her help than anything else. So, once a year, after paying huge piles of cash for shoes, costumes, and lessons, the Dance Chateau puts on its yearly Dance Recital. It’s a two night extravaganza, involving kids dancing, kids dancing, oh….and kids dancing. No, really, it’s as exciting as it sounds.

Somewhere not long after our first date. I was recruited by my wife to “help a bit”. Soon, I was putting up decorations, pulling curtains, dropping scenery, and lining kids up, all the while wearing a headset that makes me look a lot like Marvin the Martian. Two hours of purgatory, twice a year. I’m halfway through it. One more night and I’m home free…at least until next year.

What else is new? Well, I should finally be getting DSL today, so my WoW DTs should be going away by tomorrow. Add to that all the podcasts I’ve been missing, and I’m really going stir crazy. There’s a whole online world out there, and I’ve been missing it all! The house setting up is going fine, though we still need to get the carpeting installed on the 13th, though I may unexpectedly be out of the country when it’s installed(long story, don’t want to jinx it). The next home improvement project? A patio, just in time for Labor Day.